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Toshiba shows four-legged robot for nuke disaster

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By The Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Toshiba Corp.'s four-legged robot is designed to help at the meltdown-crippled Japanese nuclear plant, climbing over debris and venturing into radiated areas off-limits to human workers. But the machine took a jerky misstep during a

Toshiba shows four-legged robot for nuke disaster

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

Japan logs 4th straight trade deficit in October

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By MALCOLM FOSTERAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan logged its fourth straight monthly trade deficit in October as the European debt crisis and strained business ties with China over a territorial dispute reduced exports. The Ministry of Finance said Wednesday that imports exceeded exports by

Study: NJ beaches 30-40 feet narrower after storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) - The average New Jersey beach is 30 to 40 feet narrower after Superstorm Sandy, according to a survey that is sure to intensify a long-running debate on whether federal dollars should be used to replenish stretches of sand that only a

Violent dolphin deaths a mystery for scientists

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press ALONG THE GULF COAST (AP) - Over the past several months, dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked off fins, and federal officials said they are looking into the mysterious deaths. The most recent case

Superstorm shines light on federal beach program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) - Towns along the Jersey shore that made use of federal money to build up beaches came through Superstorm Sandy with far less damage than those that didn't, findings that are sure to intensify a debate that has raged for years over the

2 workers shoulder blame for 2010 BP oil disaster

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The manslaughter charges brought against two relatively low-ranking BP rig workers in the deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster may be as far as federal prosecutors are willing to go. Or maybe they intend to use the two men to work their way up

10 Things to Know for Monday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. NO LETUP IN VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS Palestinian militants continued to barrage Israel with rockets, and Israel announced it was widening its offensive to

Sandy a super test for Bloomberg, Christie, Cuomo

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - For New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, leadership often came with an empathetic hug. For New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it came with an angry tirade at utilities slow to restore power. For New York City Mayor

Correction: Gulf Rig Fire story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 18th

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In a story Nov. 17 about an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously described the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. It is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, not a state agency. A corrected version of the